DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,026

EDSCHA ROOF SYSTEMS, INC.
PONTIAC, MICHIGAN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 5, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Edscha Roof Systems, Inc., Pontiac, Michigan. The
workers provide engineering, sales, and administrative support
functions for convertible vehicle roof tops manufactured by
the subject firm.
The investigation revealed that workers of Edscha Roof
Systems, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to
engineering, sales, and administrative support functions for
the production of convertible vehicle roof tops meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
portion of the workers in the workers' firm has become totally
or partially separated in the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a Germany engineering services used by the subject
firm in the production of convertible vehicle roof tops.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
engineering services to Germany by Edscha Roof Systems, Inc.
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Edscha
Roof Systems, Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Edscha Roof Systems,
Inc., Pontiac, Michigan, who are engaged in employment related
to engineering, sales, and administrative support functions
for the production of convertible vehicle roof tops meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Edscha Roof Systems, Inc., Pontiac,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 3, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 7th day of October, 2009


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance